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A team of Grade 12 students from Central Peel Secondary School in Brampton, Canada, has won the grand prize in the 2026 Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest. The team included several students of Indian origin and defeated more than 23,000 students from 31 countries. Their project, titled Saoirse, proposed a self-sustaining space settlement for…

A political row has erupted after UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she wants to significantly expand safe and legal routes for refugees to enter Britain once the asylum system is “fixed”.Speaking on Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast, Mahmood said her goal is to go “much bigger” on legal migration pathways, including capped schemes for…

FOX One has announced a nationwide search for a fan to watch every 2026 World Cup match for $50,000/ AI representative Image A football fan will be paid $50,000 to watch every match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after FOX Sports announced a nationwide search for what it is calling the “FOX One Chief…

TOI correspondent from Washington: Indian-American tech entrepreneur-turned- politician Vivek Ramaswamy powered to a decisive victory in Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, cementing his transformation from presidential hopeful to a rising force within a Republican Party increasingly shaped by loyalty to President Trump.Ramaswamy’s easy win sets up a November contest against Democrat Amy Acton, a…

Kunvar Thaman has emerged as a notable name in machine learning circles after his solo-authored paper, Reward Hacking Benchmark: Measuring Exploits in LLM Agents with Tool Use, was accepted to ICML 2026. The paper’s arXiv listing shows Thaman as the only author and confirms its acceptance to the prestigious conference. The conference is scheduled to…

Have you ever wondered why rockets eventually tilt themselves after launch? Most people assume a rocket’s goal is to fly as high as possible, but ‘up’ is only the first step. If a rocket flew perfectly straight, it would eventually run out of fuel and fall directly back to Earth like a stone thrown into…

A woman and her former partner were killed in a powerful explosion after the man allegedly forced his way into her home carrying an explosive device in Bristol, police said, in a case now being treated as homicide.Officers were called to a domestic incident at a property on Sterncourt Road in Frenchay early Sunday morning….

China’s Wu Yize poses for the media with the trophy after winning the World Snooker Championship defeating England’s Shaun Murphy in Sheffield, England, Monday, May 4, 2026.(AP Photo/Ian Hodgson) After collecting £500,000 for winning the 2026 World Snooker Championship, the new world champion hinted at plans for a future purchase in Sheffield worth around half…

An inconspicuous creature is invading certain portions of the United States and has begun to attract interest from experts and safety agencies. The Asian needle ant is native to East Asia, and although small and unassuming, the sting of the creature is said to be excruciatingly painful. Victims describe the pain as that of being…

The Metropolitan Police has formed a new 100-officer unit to strengthen protection for Jewish community across London amid a recent rise in antisemitic incidents. The force said the new Community Protection Team will include neighbourhood officers, specialist protection units and personnel with counter-terrorism expertise.The move comes after several attacks targeting Jewish sites in the capital,…